[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2543 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2543

   To amend the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 to require the 
National Center for Education Statistics to collect, acquire, compile, 
and disseminate student attainment in languages other than English, and 
   to require the National Center for Education Research to support 
        research on attainment in languages other than English.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 26, 2023

   Mr. Wyden introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 to require the 
National Center for Education Statistics to collect, acquire, compile, 
and disseminate student attainment in languages other than English, and 
   to require the National Center for Education Research to support 
        research on attainment in languages other than English.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Language Education Data Enhancement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. RESEARCH ON ATTAINMENT IN LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH AND DATA 
              ON STUDENT ATTAINMENT IN LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH.

    (a) Definition of Language Other Than English.--Section 102 of the 
Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9501) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (16), (17), (18), (19), 
        (20), (21), (22), and (23) as paragraphs (17), (18), (19), 
        (20), (21), (22), (23), and (24), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting before paragraph (17) (as so redesignated) 
        the following:
            ``(16) Language other than english.--The term `language 
        other than English' means any spoken or unspoken language other 
        than English, including a Native American language and American 
        Sign Language.''.
    (b) Attainment in Languages Other Than English as a Topic of 
Research.--Section 133(c)(2) of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 
2002 (20 U.S.C. 9533(c)(2)) is amended by adding at the end of the 
following:
                    ``(L) Attainment in languages other than 
                English.''.
    (c) Reporting on Attainment in Languages Other Than English.--
Section 153(a)(1) of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 
U.S.C. 9543(a)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (N), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in subparagraph (O), by inserting ``and'' after the 
        semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(P) student enrollment in courses in languages 
                other than English, the number and certification of 
                teachers employed in teaching languages other than 
                English, and the number and distribution of courses 
                offered in languages other than English at all levels 
                of education, disaggregated by course type and whether 
                the course is traditional, dual language immersion, 
                full immersion, hybrid, or online;''.
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